 I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object —...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 121edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1903 - 506 pages
...requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the province of the Constitution or the Act of 1795 — will not...as determined as the administration has exhibited towards the South." Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, declared : " I can be no party to this wicked... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - History - 1903 - 490 pages
...requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the province of the Constitution or the Act of 1795 — will not...as determined as the administration has exhibited towards the South." Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, declared : " I can be no party to this wicked... | |
 | John Thomas Bell - United States - 1903 - 222 pages
...no loss of time; Governor Letcher of Virginia said his state would not furnish any men, and added, "You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and having...as determined as the administration has exhibited towards the South"; Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania replied that the troops from his state would be... | |
 | John Herbert Claiborne - History - 1904 - 376 pages
...to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution...the Administration has exhibited toward the South." This call for troops from Virginia to coerce the Southern States fell as a bombshell upon the Union... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution...with. You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and, haying done so, we will meet in a spirit as determined as the Administration has exhibited toward the... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...16, 1861, wrote: The such States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution...with. You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and, haying done so, we will meet in a spirit as determined as the Administration has exhibited toward the... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 532 pages
...to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object—an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution or the act of 1795—will not be complied with. You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and, haying done so, we... | |
 | John Herbert Claiborne - Petersburg (Va.). - 1904 - 376 pages
...to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object—an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution or the Act of 1795—will not ' be complied with. You have chosen to inaugurate civil war; and having done so, we... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 594 pages
...Gov. Letcher closes his communication in these words: "You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and we will meet it in a spirit as determined as the administration has exhibited toward the South (An. Reg. 1861, "Virginia"). On the day of the passage of the ordinance of secession, the printed sign,... | |
 | Virginia - 1909 - 384 pages
...to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object in my judgment not within the purview of the Constitution...the administration has exhibited toward the South." He then addressed himself to the people of his State. It was a time of sore distress with him, who... | |
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